British troops are going to be increased in Afghanistan because the Americans are planning another war. This is going to be against Iran.

The face at the White House may have changed but the politics have not. The zionist politics dominating affairs will entail carrying out israeli policies.

Richard Keighley , Worthing, Britain

I am so sick of Britain being the poodle to whoever barks orders at us from America. We're being brainwashed into fighting American wars. They keep invading and attacking anyone who has resources or a strategic position in the middle east. More falsified evidence to keep killing innocent people?

K. Haslett , London,

Obviously the mentality of the days of the British Empire are not over. Millions were massecred in the name of empire but the racists ignored the suffering and deaths of anyone who wasn't white. We're still invading and maligning anyone who isn't white and christian. Shame on all involved in this.

Barry Simmonds , Reigate,

Guantanamo, Baghram, CIA secret rendition, torture, women (like the Pakistani doctor Afiya Siddique and her 3 young children abducted and tortured for years, despite repeated denials by the US), illegal war against the Iraqi nation which led to over 1 million dead from war...WE did this Hutton.

Neil Paigne , Croydon, England

Bit of a shame then that it's us that's going around invading people - and condoning imprisoning people without trial (and lets not forget the torture) - oh, a bit like the Nazis

Clive, Surrey,

This is just another example of New Labour using Orwell's 1984 as an instruction manual. A perpetual "war", real or not, is effective for controlling the masses.

"We are at war with the Taleban. We have always been at war with the Taleban."

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

Simon, Brentwood, UK

And who exactly supported and financed the Taliban during their 80's war against the USSR? err UK/USA - sticking up for our values again. Why has opium production gone up 20 fold since UK/USA invaded? Sticking up for our values again or were the Taliban by destroying the opium crops?

Connor O'Daly, Thorpe, UK

Rubbish. The only British values shown by our occupation are those of Empire- when we do what we want in other non-white countries and ignore what they want. Out of Afghanistan, now.

David, Essex, UK

These guys have wreaked havoc in the entire free world. If we don't want to live under the shadows of terror all the time, if we want to leave for our children a fearless and humane society, we've got to fight these animals to death. Yes, it is a fight for our values - values of the free world!

Ashish Deodhar, Lancaster, UK

Hutton and his advisers should learn from history.

One example should suffice: Greece 1943-49 tens of thousands killed, [property destroyed with the 'defeat' the local communists but look at the KKE today with its own daily and TV/radio station.

Think again?
An ancient Greek in London

Nicholas Xenakis, Borough, London, London, England

The Nazis never had the Atomic Bomb.

Chris, London,

Why invade other countries to rid them of extreme Islamism then attempt a prosecution of a TV station for pointing out that it's happening here? The WW2 analogy is indicative of Labour's pathetic spun attempt at appealing to national values. The C4 debacle indicates the real agenda.

logdon, stockport, united Kingdom

Well said, Richard of Bridgwater. I couldn't agree more.

Ben Bisley, Bedford, UK

The Army is not for parades! Defeating Taliban is definitely our vital national interest because allowing them to terrorise us affects liberty of 60 million Britons. Withdrawing from Falklands/Gibraltar affects liberty of a few thousand for comparison.

Hyder Ali, London, England, UK

These wars have taken huge amounts of treasure from Britain. Somewhere is a gratefull silent majority. Really, except for the politicians who are kept in power by our troops where are they? But to suck out the Muslim radicals on a Jihad is the strategy, thats working so it is a killing field,

Peter , Windsor, England

What values are british forces defending fighting unwinable war 6000 miles away , as in second world war you stayed american poodle and still you have not retained identity . what a truck load of rubbish from a useless prime ministers useless defence secretary

mag, suffolk,

Quite agree with Martin Wallace but with one modification i.e. we adopt the attitude of "when in Rome, do as the Romans" and rigorously apply it in this country. If we do not interfere in others' countries, it should be axiomatic that we do not allow interference, under whatever guise, in ours.

Wannago, Preston,

Codswollop. Hitler invaded half of Europe; al-Q & Taleban are terrorists & religious extremists. This kind of comparison wrongly elevates them to a level of threat that encourages them! Their warped religion, extreme Saudi Wahabbism, is the problem: sending our troops does nothing to deal with that.

Donna Walker, Effingham, England

Hutton is talking rubbish - and he knows it. The Taleban are religious extremists, and it is ridiculous to suggest that their influence could win much support in the UK. We worked through that phase in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Nazis, moreover, were socialists like Mr Hutton.

Tom Welsh, Basingstoke,

The fact the government has to regularly explain to the public why we're in Afghanistan should ring alarm bells. The reasons for fighting a war in a far off country should be clear to everyone or else we shouldn't be there.

pete, wales,

Labour is bringing in Taliban values into the heart of the nation and indeed government at all levels, while pretending to fight them abroad. We could be rescuing Zimbabwe, but prefer to waste the lives of our youth, as did the Soviets, in the unmodernisable tribal territories of Afghanistan.*

Tom, Wantage, UK

Martin Wallace We are losing British lives because we have the largest Pakistani diaspora in the world and there are 400,000 trips to Pakistan a year which means we are constantly at risk. The right to free travel for those who wish us harm seems to be worth more than soldiers lives.

Fred, Luton, UK

More support for our troops in the comments please. What would happen if we were to leave the taleban to their own devices? There would be greater support, training and resources for the terrorists on our shores. This war may be costly for our troops, but they defend our great nation and our people.

Brendan Woodhouse, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Meanwhile who is protecting "Traditional British Values" here at home? Certainly not this government.

Richard, Bridgwater, England

What a load of rubbish. Mr Hutton has lost all sense of proportion. They are not even comparable. Taken yesterday with Gordon Brown's remark that we can act as a "Beacon of Hope" in these hard pressed economic times it just shows the Government has lost the plot!

Keith, Bath, United Kingdom

Joined the Labour Party to stand up to Dictators? I always thought Labour rolled over for their dictators like Castro, Ceausescu, the other darlings of the Eastern bloc, Pol Pot, Kim Il Sung, Mao etc

Labour's double standards are appalling - where's the ethical foreign policy now...?

William Lack, London, UK

How dare you compare this to the war against Hitler. You insult the intelligence of the public and the brave soldiers who are out there. You also insult the memory of every person who never came home.

The war against Hitler was one that had to be fought and was not about oil or money.

Paul Moxon, Birmingham,

Ridiculous. Afghanistan is a quagmire and London's involvement is nothing but a useless act of producing trauma and trouble for Britain...
USA has now recognized the actual war and Hollywood war...9/11 indicates the home grown plot and Britain's support for afghan's mayhem is a futile act.

s h, washington dc, USA

Let's see, collecting copious amounts of information on citizens on databases, collecting DNA of innocent citizens, erecting cameras everywhere to watch citizens, installing chips in cars so that they know where citizens are all the time, invading countries for no good reason. Mmmm, let's think....

Paul, Milton Keynes, UK

I'm sorry, I can't take any more of this. What exactly are British people dying for? Defending the country's values? The values that allow politicians to posture on a world stage? Other countries should be allowed to get on with the business of their own national life without our interference.

Martin Wallace, Auchterarder, Scotland

What UK values...? Greed? Violence? Lawlessness?

Maybe we have more in common than you think John?

Henry Northcroft, London,

I guess he doesn't really want to take the analogy further with talk of a "Fifth Column" eh?

Dirk Bruere, Bedford, England

More "Nazi" allegations? It is embarrassing that government minister can display his ignorance of history in such a manner!

WWII was fought on the issue of national security, NOT values.

Manny Goldstein, London, UK

We have to accept that we no longer have the moral authority and the money and resources to police the world. Also if we do then why on earth is Afghanistan a bigger priority than Zimbabwe? Groups like the Taleban will destroy themselves because even they can't live by their rules, only die by them.

Cate, Barnsley,

Who is Hutton trying to kid ? It's all about rooting the pipelines of gas & oil from the Caspian basin through lawless Afghanistan.

George, Nort-West, UK

We the British people are caught in a pinzer movement, on one side the Taliban and on the other a Police state.
Pick your devil.

J Nowland, Leeds, United Kingdom

Good - at last, the important analogy is being drawn by people in Westminster. Now let's hear them extend it, as they should, to the threat of sharia on our own shores.

Nick, Rotherham, UK

Young Hutton just doesn't understand WWII. That said, the Uk represents 4 peercent of world GDP. on that basis, providing more than 5 percent of the troops to the lost cause of Afgahianistan is punching way above where we should.

William, Guildford, UK

The assessment given by David Davis after his visit to Afghanistan impressed me. Why is it Western governments seem to reward corruption and are then surprised when militants take over?

Ian Burgess, Bristol,

Oh, please, give me a break, Hutton... please don't add insult to injury....

John Taylor, London, UK